Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell, acting judge advocate general of the army, in an address before the Chicago Bar association today said the present system of military justice, in his opinion, is "in many respects patently defective and in need...

The meeting of the Irish unionist alliance Friday resulted in a split of that body and the secession of its president, Viscount Midleton, and about 60 members. The cause of the dissension was resolution proposed by Lord Midleton which in effect...

Mrs. E. K. Brown received a telegram this morning from her husband, Lieutenant E. K. Brown, stating that he had arrived in New York and was at the Elks' club. Lieutenant Brown has been in a hospital in France for several months. He left for France...

France now is faced with a commercial struggle with Germany, Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States shipping board, declared at a Franco-American dinner tonight, and must prepare to meet German competition which will be organized with the...

Charles W. Drury, battery E, Fifth field artillery, First division, writes to his brother, T. E. Drury, E1719 Queen avenue. Charles enlisted shortly after his sixteenth birthday and was on the firing line before he was 17, his brother says.

Captain J. N. Hall of Colfax, Iowa, a member of the Lafayette escadrille, later attached to the American forces in France, who was held prisoner by the Germans since last May, has been released and is now in France. The war department recently made...

American prisoners of war, released from Germany under the conditions of the armistice, arrive in Berne, Switzerland, en route for France to embark for home. The cheery smiles of these happy Americans reveal that their spirit was not broken by life...

Restriction on the taking of photographs and moving pictures of men in the American expeditionary forces and in sections occupied by American troops have been suspended by orders from American general headquarters.

The establishment of escape committee among the British prisoners in German camps and the ingenious schemes devised by captives to get away are described in an article in the Evening News, by an officer who has just returned, after 22 months of...

Preliminary steps for the mustering out of the 346th field artillery will start Monday morning. The regimental muster roll will be scanned and the soldiers living farthest away will be send to cantonments nearest their home for discharge. Prompt

Senator Lamping, chairman of the joint committee appointed to formally welcome the men of the 346th field artillery to Camp Lewis on Thursday, reported to the senate this morning that the commanding officer had arranged to hold a review on Tuesday...

August L. Wolf, who enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Corvallis, Ore., was later transferred to camps in the souther Atlantic states, received his discharge at Camp Gordon, Ga., and arrived home yesterday. He was promoted to second lieutenant in the...

In the name of France President Poincare bestows upon General Pershing the grand cross of the Legion of Honor, the most prized of decorations that France can bestow, at the American general headquarters.

Spokane's patriotic fervor was aroused to a high pitch last Thursday when more than 900 members of the 346th field artillery returned from France where it was attached to the 91st division, paraded through the principle streets. Thousands lined the...

Sergeant R. H. Snow, company C, Fourth engineers with the Fourth division, son of William Snow of the Touraine hotel, returned home yesterday after eight months' service abroad. He was on the front line, constructing trenches and barbed wire...

Seven men were discharged from the naval aviation camp at the University of Washington yesterday, marking the official close of this detachment. Only a small executive staff of officers remains to close up the few remaining details and await orders.